What Is Your Drawer Gun?

[CraigC]

...it appears to me that hearing damage comes out of continuous loud noises and not a sudden burst of sound.

Nonsense, hearing damage can result from a single exposure if conditions are right.

 

[Barry the Bear]

Nonsense, hearing damage can result from a single exposure if conditions are right.

Then my hearing should be terrible as Ive shot a .44 mag indoors as well as a .357

 

[CraigC]

I said it "can". I didn't guarantee you'll go deaf from one shot. However, hearing damage is cumulative and for most people, by the time they realize it, it's too late.

 

[RealGun]

So what about you? What kind of pistol is in your drawer...and why? Am I being too cheap by depending on an inexpensive gun I can afford to lose?

I am aware of how you feel about Glocks, but there is no one here but me, especially in the bedroom.

My nightstand gun is a Glock model 22 Gen 3 (.40 S&W) with night glow sights along with laser and flashlight on the tactical rail. My revolver calibers, typically my carry gun beside the Glock, are either too light, too loud, too penetrating, or don't have night sights. The building has concrete walls, so I have to consider velocity and richocets. The .40 is no panacea either.

Now, about your living in Maryland...what's with that, man!

 

[Combat Engineer]

Well since this is a revolver forum... favorite pillow wheelgun would be the quiet shooting S&W M396 5-shot 44 spl nightsight Night Guard. That slow moving 240 gr slug should do the job.

 

[RealGun]

Well since this is a revolver forum...

Revolvers with night sights are likely uncommon. Do you give up a grip hand for a flashlight? What is the process for old school tactical, especially in the dark?

 

[Combat Engineer]

"Revolvers with night sights are likely uncommon. Do you give up a grip hand for a flashlight? What is the process for old school tactical, especially in the dark?" [RealGun]

Nowadays revolver night sights are available. Don't use a flashlight, that would make me too easy a target.

"What is the process for old school tactical, especially in the dark?" [Ibid.]

Prefer to shoot from the hip, use blind-eye light management technique.

And shoot like Jelly Bryce.

 

[SnowBlaZeR2]

Don't use a flashlight, that would make me too easy a target.

Wrong. You should always have a flashlight, even if you don't have it on.

 

[boom boom]

Before their loss in a tragic boat accident , GP 100 with 110gr .357 Powerball by Corbon with Crimson Trace grips , S&W 60 w/Laserlyte 110gr DPX Corbon +P, Sig P6 124gr Golden Sabers, Springfield XD 45-230 gr Hornady XTP's plus long gun rack in bedroom with various and asundry items for unpleasant occasions. Used to have a drug dealer across the street as a neighbor in a very good neighborhood who was squatting in his brother's house prior to it's foreclosure.

Use the Powerball because of its accuracy, low recoil, and relatively good performance re penetration versus over penetration in ammo tests (it does not pass FBI barrier tests and I am willing to live with that tradeoff). Similar results with the Corbon 110 DPX +P in the Model 60 which does penetrate well. Have range muffs with microphones by bedstead as well.

I check each self defense weapon for ammo that it likes in accuracy and feeding and then fire self defense ammo to confirm efficacy every 6 months to a 1 year or so. One nice thing about revolver ammo is no ammo setback from chambering rounds. Have to rotate all chambered self defense bullets for autos separately-if I unload it for some reason.

 

[mdauben]

It used to be my S&W 686 loaded with Glazer prefrag rounds but these days it's my Glock 21 loaded with 230gr HST rounds.

 

[JFrame]

I guess I'm an iconoclast...I have a Governor loaded with.45 acp hollowpoints. It's backed up by a Smith Model 10 4" barrel with.38 hp's.

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[wlewisiii]

My drawer gun is also my EDC: S&W Model 10, DAO, pencil barrel with the FBI load ready to go.

 

[Jim PHL]

There are three guns in my regular carry rotation; Ruger LCP; S&W 342 and S&W Shield 9mm. Any one or all 3 of these are usually loaded and accessible (though not in the nightstand). Everything else usually stays in the safe.

 

[Confederate]

Well, I won't be breaking into any of your homes anytime soon. Me, I'm content with just having my Rossi revolvers. My .38spc is loaded with five of the old Glaser blue tops. I also have a .22lr that's loaded with ammo that I've put through my Paco Kelly Nastinose whacker. BTW, I recommend Paco Kelly's .22lr tool greatly.

 

[Twiki357]

Mine would be a 2” Model 10 in one night stand and a 4” in the other. But, that’s mainly to get me to the Winchester Model 1300 loaded with 7 one once HP slugs.

 

[maxxhavoc]

I don't keep one in the drawer, I just throw the xD-s in the Gunvault when I go to bed.

But to the spirit of the conversation, I keep an Armscor m200 in the glove compartment of my car, since I can't take my CCW into work, and I don't want to leave a valuable gun in the car all day. Reliable, accurate, and $200 - perfect for the job.

 

[bikerdoc]

I keep an Armscor m200 in the glove compartment of my car,

Good truck gun, reliable, well made, inexpensive. Best kept secret in the gun world.

Me, a SP101 in the night stand drawer but the shotgun will get grabbed first.

 

[dscampbell]

My S&W model 10-5 3" .38 special with CT laser grips loaded with Buffalo Bore LSWCHP

 

[Vodoun da Vinci]

I have no kids and few visitors. There are half a dozen drawers in the house with false bottoms and a few more hollow books or push out panels in bookcases and walls that have a loaded gun inside on every level of the house including the basement.

Guns include a Ruger LCR, a Glock 42, a pair of Colt 1903's, a Glock 26, and my EDC Beretta Px4 SC.

In my house you are never more than a few steps from a gun but they are all in places that would survive all but the most educated searches. Many are accessible thru a drop out/false panel of bottom that would not expose the gun even if the drawer or panel was removed. Pop out hardwood floor sections, removable door molding, etc.

There are places a person can hide as well that a person would never find them right in plain view but that's another topic.

VooDoo

 

[Frank44]

S&W Model 10, 4in., 38spl +P SJHP. Will definitly ruin the day for uninvited visitors.

 

[RealGun]

I have no kids and few visitors. There are half a dozen drawers in the house with false bottoms and a few more hollow books or push out panels in bookcases and walls that have a loaded gun inside on every level of the house including the basement.

Guns include a Ruger LCR, a Glock 42, a pair of Colt 1903's, a Glock 26, and my EDC Beretta Px4 SC.

In my house you are never more than a few steps from a gun but they are all in places that would survive all but the most educated searches. Many are accessible thru a drop out/false panel of bottom that would not expose the gun even if the drawer or panel was removed. Pop out hardwood floor sections, removable door molding, etc.

There are places a person can hide as well that a person would never find them right in plain view but that's another topic.

You might consider simply wearing a gun while at home.

 

[Gun Master]

Security Validation

S&W Model 10, 4in., 38spl +P SJHP. Will definitly ruin the day for uninvited visitors.

We are both right on, bro. ! That works for us (and others).

See my # 2 posting.

 

[Gun Master]

Well Prepared Man

I have no kids and few visitors. There are half a dozen drawers in the house with false bottoms and a few more hollow books or push out panels in bookcases and walls that have a loaded gun inside on every level of the house including the basement.

Guns include a Ruger LCR, a Glock 42, a pair of Colt 1903's, a Glock 26, and my EDC Beretta Px4 SC.

In my house you are never more than a few steps from a gun but they are all in places that would survive all but the most educated searches. Many are accessible thru a drop out/false panel of bottom that would not expose the gun even if the drawer or panel was removed. Pop out hardwood floor sections, removable door molding, etc.

There are places a person can hide as well that a person would never find them right in plain view but that's another topic.

VooDoo

You go Voo !

 

[C0untZer0]

I have kids so I have a Homak lock box by the bed.

The HK P7M8 is in there loaded with 147gr Winchester Ranger "T" Series RA9T.

I need another safe though - I have a bad habit of putting my Rohrbaugh R9, still in the holster on top of the P7M8, at night so I don't leave any guns out with kids around, but I don't really want to use the R9 as a "nightstand" gun. But obviously in a crisis, if the R9 were laying on top of my P7M8 and I were to grab the R9 - that is probably what I would have in my hand come crunch time

Gotta get another safe...

 

[YJake]

S&W 4" Model 10 with the 158grn +P FBI load.

-Jake